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Synonyms for forge

Most common

create make devise invent work form counterfeit spirt

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Create — to make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate

create, make, devise, invent, produce, fabricate, manufacture, formulate, contrive, frame, coin, excogitate, construct, evolve, concoct, engender

2. Shape

work, form, forme US, shape, mold US, mould UK

3. Counterfeit

counterfeit, fake, falsify

4. Spirt

spirt, spurt

Other

hammer, beat, overtake, fashion dated

Noun

1. Smithy — A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them

smithy, smithery

Other

furnace, carve-out, software forge, stithy

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate.

  2. v. 2

    To shape a metal by heating and hammering.

  3. v. 3

    To form or create with concerted effort.

    The politician's recent actions are an effort to forge a relationship with undecided voters.

  4. n. 1

    A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them.

Related words

Word family
forgery
Phrases
drop forge software forge

Forms

Plural
forges → smithies, smitheries, furnaces, carve-outs…
Past participle
forged
e.g. forged → created, devised, invented, produced…

Example sentences

  • create New GATT resolutions could create a real shake-up.
  • produce Your pessimism won't produce any positive results.
  • invent If God did not exist, we would have to invent him.
  • devise He tried to devise a plan for getting rid of termites.
  • hammer I hit the T.V. with a hammer and somehow fixed it.
  • overtake The Prince followed, but could not overtake her.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
forgerising
createrising
producefalling
inventrising
devisefalling
hammersteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
make1, work1, form1, beat1, fake1, coin1, mold1
5 letters
shape1, frame1, mould1, spurt1, forme, spirt
6 letters
create2, hammer2, evolve2, invent2, devise2, smithy, stithy
7 letters
produce2, fashion2, furnace2, falsify3, concoct2
8 letters
overtake3, engender3, contrive2, smithery
9 letters
construct2, formulate3, fabricate3
10 letters
excogitate
11 letters
manufacture4, counterfeit3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (create2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
forger
Italiano
forgiare
Español
fraguar
Deutsch
schmieden
Català
forjar